This pilot study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of the Impact of Crime (IOC) group intervention for jail inmates. The hypothesis is that participants in IOC will show decreases in criminogenic thinking, decreases in shame, increases in guilt, and increases in empathy, which in turn will be reflected in reduced recidivism (official records and self report), relative to those randomly assigned to a treatment as usual group.

Must speak, read, and write in English with sufficient proficiency to use workbook and participate in group sessions

Must be assigned to the jail's "general population"

Exclusion Criteria:

Actively psychotic

Assigned "keep separate" from other group members

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01380977